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Theodor Lessing Collection, 1922-1968

Title: Theodor Lessing Collection 1922-1968

This collection features original letters to Max Brod, calls to action in the wake of Lessing's death, short memoirs about Lessing written by family andfriend, photocopies of manuscripts, and various other materials relating to Lessing's life.

ArchivalResource: 2 Folders.

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=478304 View

Fritz Mauthner Collection, 1765-1968

Title: Fritz Mauthner Collection 1765-1968

Collection contains correspondence of Fritz Mauthner with translators, newspapers, publishinghouses, family members, and other individuals, including Martin Buber, Lion Feuchtwanger, Hermann Hesse, Erich Muehsam, Walther Rathenau andothers. Also included are clippings by and about Mauthner, manuscripts of essays and plays, diaries and notebooks; family papers andphotographs.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 linear feet (10 boxes)

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=121483 View

Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949.

Title: Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records

The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars was formed in New York City in 1933 by American academicians for the purpose of employing refugee German scholars in American institutions. Many of these refugee scholars were Jews displaced by the National Socialist government. The collection consists chiefly of grant files on refugee scholars who applied for aid from the Committee. The records also include correspondence with other refugee and philanthropic organizations and with the educational institutions which accepted refugee scholars.

ArchivalResource: 98.46 linear feet (222 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/922 View

Lessing, Theodor, 1872-1933. Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1930, 1932.

Title: Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1930, 1932.

In 1 letter Lessing recommends to Werfel the writer Josef Weinheber, suggesting that Werfel bring Weinheber to the attention of Werfel's publisher Paul Zsolnay. 1 letter is a response to Werfel's speech "Können wir ohne Gottesglauben leben?"

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155863800 View